Among the contestants so far on this year's The Learning Channel cable TV series "Extreme Cheapskates":

"Roy" of Huntington, Vt., who reuses dental floss

Jeff Yeager of Accokeek, Md., who combs butcher shops for odd animal parts about to be discarded

and "Victoria" of Columbus, Ohio, who specializes in Dumpster-diving and infrequent toilet flushes that involve, according to one report, personalized urine jars.

The season's star is expected to be "Kay," from New York, who is shown on camera demonstrating the nonessential nature of toilet paper by wiping herself with soap and water while seated on the throne. [TLC via Daily Mail (London), 10-1-2012]

Michael Carrier, 45, was arrested for soliciting prostitution in New Milford, Conn., in August -- not resulting from a police sting, which is usually how arrests for that crime are made.

In Carrier's case, he was disturbing other customers at a Friendly's restaurant because, being hard of hearing, he was shouting to the prostitute the terms of their prospective business arrangement. [Republican-American (Waterbury, Conn.) via Boston Globe, 8-18-2012]